Settlement
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Settlement
Learning objectives:
•To understand what a settlement is
•To know why settlements are situated where they are.
•Definition: a settlement is a place where people live. It can be a city, town, village or a hamlet
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What are the differences between urban areas and rural
areas?
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•Urban areas – Towns and cities
•Rural areas – Villages and the countryside
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Water supply
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Defence
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Routeways
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Relief
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Distance
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Resources
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Ports
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Market centres
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Manufacturing centres
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Resorts and Spas
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Education Centres
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Religious centres
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Railways Towns
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Planned towns
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How were settlement sites chosen?
The site is the place where the town or village grew up. A site was chosen because of its natural advantages. The more natural advantages a place had, the more likely it was to grow.
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Settlement functions
For a settlement to grow up in the first place, it had to have a special function (use). Different settlement grew up with different functions.
•Market towns – places where people could buy and sell things.
•Industrial towns – places where goods were manufactured in factories
•Ports – places where goods are brought into and sent out of the country.
•Holiday resorts – places where people go on holiday to relax.
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Settlement patterns
The settlement pattern refers to the shape of the village. This was usually influenced by the surrounding area.
There are main patterns:
•A dispersed settlement – buildings are spread out.
•A nucleated settlement – buildings are grouped together.
•A linear settlement – building are found in a line.